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Job Description and Responsibilities:

- Passionate about solving real business issues using data and has the ability to make sense out of ambiguity 

- Work alongside the business to narrow down on possible answers to the hypothesis provided / business issues articulated 
- To convert a business problem into a statistical problem and figure out most suitable method of solving them 
- Expert knowledge of predictive modeling and analytics techniques 
- Should have rich real-world experience in building, implementing and maintaining models such as - regression, decision trees, forecasting, machine learning, neural net, Bayesian, ridge, lasso, etc. 
- Should be proficient in SAS 
- Hands-on experience on R / Python 
- Ability to connect business understanding and statistical techniques 
- Need to manage team and work across various teams and help them ideate and build models, validate / QC models, monitor model performance and flag out performance deviation 
- Generate output and present findings to Functional owners and SPOCs 
- Explore newer statistical techniques and assess their applicability in MLI 
- Has an open mind and willing to experiment by using different approaches to solve business issues and learn from these experiments 
Experience & Skills Required:

- Msc. Statistics, Msc. Mathematics, M.Tech, MBA, Engineers with at least 6 years of experience in consulting/analytics 
- Expertise on SAS and Statistical modelling techniques is mandatory 
- Hands-on experience on R or Python is mandatory 
- Extremely comfortable with working with large data sets and bringing out insights from Data. Critical to connect the dots and develop the big picture 
- High attention to detail combined with an ability to work in a fast paced environment with minimal guidance. 
- Having worked in Life Insurance / Banking domain is a major plus. 
- Excellent stake-holder management skills needed

Min. Qualification:

open

Skills Required:

decision trees, forecasting, machine learning, python, r, regression, sas, statistical modeling